Plants & Equipment

Navigating the Future

Navigating the Future

April 30, 2025

Kline & Co.’s David Tsui explains how sustainability, resiliency and specification upgrades will impact the global lub ...

TIMWOOD: The Unsung Powerhouse in Operations Excellence

TIMWOOD: The Unsung Powerhouse in Operations Excellence

April 30, 2025

Industry veteran Ganesan Ganapathi outlines how employing the TIMWOOD principle can help to eliminate waste and increase ...

New Perstorp Lab in Shanghai

New Perstorp Lab in Shanghai

April 28, 2025

Perstorp and BRB have opened a new research laboratory in Shanghai, China.

Shell’s Wesseling Plant Producing by 2028

Shell’s Wesseling Plant Producing by 2028

April 16, 2025

Shell expects base oil production at its Wesseling refinery to start in 2028.

Big Ramp Up at Fuchs Spain

Big Ramp Up at Fuchs Spain

March 19, 2025

Fuchs Spain has increased production capacity by 25% at the company's Castellbisbal plant in Catalonia.

Additive

Richful, Farabi Build Saudi Additive Plant

March 19, 2025

Richful Lube Additive Co. and Farabi Petrochemicals have inked an agreement to build the first full-fledged lubricant ad ...

What’s Next for Polymer Dissolving Technology?

What’s Next for Polymer Dissolving Technology?

March 3, 2025

Gero Thalemann explains how a new, patented polymer dissolving process can improve lubricant quality while increasing pr ...

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Sinopec Makes Marine Lubes in Tianjin

February 26, 2025

Sinopec has opened a production unit making marine lubricants and hydraulic fluids at its finished lube blending plant i ...

Fuchs Finishes South Africa Expansion

Fuchs Finishes South Africa Expansion

February 26, 2025

Fuchs Group inaugurated its expanded production facility in South Africa after shelling out €26 million to add new equ ...

Tupras Stops Buying Russian Crude

Tupras Stops Buying Russian Crude

February 19, 2025

Turkey’s largest oil refiner and sole virgin base oil producer, Tupras, is no longer buying Russian crude feedstock af ...

Additive

State Investigates Moove Fire

February 19, 2025

Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro opened an investigation into a large Feb. 8 fire at a Moove finishe ...

Luberef Reconsiders Closing Jeddah

Luberef Reconsiders Closing Jeddah

February 18, 2025

Citing improved market conditions, Luberef said Tuesday that it is considering keeping open its API Group I base oil pla ...

Crews Battle Blaze at Moove’s Rio Site

Crews Battle Blaze at Moove’s Rio Site

February 12, 2025

Residents were evacuated from a blaze and fluid leak into Guanabara Bay at the Moove lubricant factory near Rio.

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

February 5, 2025

Pilot Chemical Co. said last week that it will significantly expand its capacity to produce anionic surfactants at its s ...

Net Loss in Q4 for Calumet

Net Loss in Q4 for Calumet

January 22, 2025

Calumet said last week that it expects a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2024 once its yearly results have been given ...

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

January 15, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., part of the Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, axed plans to open a 350,000-metric-tons-pe ...

Group II Run Rates Up at Daesan

Group II Run Rates Up at Daesan

January 8, 2025

Hyundai and Shell Base Oil has pushed up run rates at its API Group II base oil plant in Daesan, Korea.

U.S. Base Oil Demand Slumps, Exports Soar

U.S. Base Oil Demand Slumps, Exports Soar

December 25, 2024

Domestic base oil demand in the United States has steadily declined over the past two years, pushing suppliers to boost ...